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IRONING TABLE. N0. 299,312. Patented May'27, 1884.

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v SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,312, dated May 27. 188%.

Application filed June 18, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANKLIN F. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Ironing-Tables; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to the construction of ironing-tables; and it consists in certain new and useful improvements in the same, as will fully appear fromv the following description and claim.

The device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as follows:

Figure 1 shows the table by perspective view set up and in position for use. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the bottom with the supports folded. Fig. 3 is a side view of the table with the supports folded.

The construction is as follows: The tabletop is of the usual and common form. On its under side are two ear-pieces, a a, by which it is connected with the supports, and a strip, a, which serves as a rest or abutting point for the trussing-brace. The supports consist of a pair of legsat the butt-end of the top and a truss for supporting the small end of the top. B Bare the legs, and C and E form the truss. The small end or nose of the table is supported in such a manner that there are no obstructions below or above to its free passage and brace G are pivotally connected with the I top on a rung, d, which passes through them and thefear-piecesa. The otherbrace, E, of the truss is pivotally attached to the brace G on the rung c. This brace E is providedat its upper end with a miter, a, so it will seat against the strip a, and at the other end with a notch, e, which embraces the rung 6 between the legs B. The position of the supports when the table is erected and when folded can be clearly seen in the drawings. The brace E I can he slipped from back of the cleat a very easily by standing at that end of the table and lifting up a little on the top while the foot is on the rung 0'. Then by hearing down on the brace E the notch 12' will be disengagedfrom the'rung b, and the table can then be folded. The operation. of erecting the table is equally simple, and need not be described.

on the sides of the table-top, near the legs B B, are pins ff, which prevent the legs B, when unfolded, going beyond a perpendicular position, but as soon as the brace'lil is ad justed in position the legs are firmly held and the pins f receive nostrain. They simply allow the legs to be thrown out into, proper place and go no farther.

This table, it will be seen, is very simple and very cheap, and it is remarkablystrong and firm, and at thc'same time its small or nose end is wholly free at all times to be entered into a garment.

ll am aware that tables having hinged legs, a brace attached to said legs and held inplace by brace rods or cords, and a top brace hinged to the under side of the top and its foot resting against the brace attached to the leg 8, are not new; and this I do not claim, as my device differs from that form inthat the top, the legs B, and the brace C have a common pintle, and the brace E is attached at or near its middle to a round on the brace O. Therefcre What I claim as new is An ironing-table consisting of the top A, having cleata' and cars (1, legs B, pivoted to the cars a, and having-round b, brace i), pivoted to the career, and having round a, and a swinging brace, E, attached at or near its mid dle to the ronndc, andhaving notch e to slip over round b, all arranged and combined substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

F. F. ADAMS. Witnesses:

JNo. K. HALLOCK, W. S. BROWN. 

